Primary Care Physician - Optum - Denver, Colorado
About The Position
OptumCare Colorado is seeking a Primary Care Physician to join their team in Lakewood, Colorado, with potential flexibility to cover a clinic in Golden. This role is part of Optum's vision to improve healthcare for everyone, offering clinicians the support of a global organization to help patients live healthier lives. The position emphasizes collaboration, diversity, inclusion, and the Quadruple Aim. It offers the opportunity for a fulfilling career, empowering clinicians to live their best lives while contributing to community health and potentially influencing national practice ideas. The culture is described as cohesive and focused on clinic transformation, balancing national change with local community values.
Requirements
- Unrestricted CO state license or the ability to obtain prior to start date.
- Current DEA certificate required prior to start date.
- BC/BE in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine or ability to obtain prior to start date.
- Current BLS, ACLS certification prior to start date.
Nice To Haves
- 1+ year working in outpatient primary care.
- Experience in providing patient care under a population health model.
Responsibilities
- Provide full scope primary care services.
- Examine, diagnose, and treat patients for acute and chronic conditions, injuries, infections, and illnesses.
- Counsel and educate patients and families about acute and chronic conditions or concerns.
- Complete timely and thorough documentation using the EMR system.
- Formulate diagnostic and treatment plans.
- Prescribe and administer medications, therapies, and procedures.
- Order lab and imaging tests to determine and manage an immediate treatment plan and provide advice on follow-up.
- Coordinate care with specialists and appropriate ancillary services.
- Complete all documentation and paperwork in a timely manner.
- Maintain quality of care standards as defined by the practice.
- Supervise Physician Assistants / Nurse Practitioners as needed.
Benefits
- Dragon and AI charting available
- EPIC EMR system
- Practice Manager on-site
- Each clinician has a dedicated MA
- Possibility of 4-day work week
- 32 Patient Contact Hours / 4 Admin Hours
- 2000 Average Patient Panel per Physician
- Full spectrum of primary care procedures
- Weekday Call: Average once a month/starting at 5pm
- Weekend Call: Average 3 to 4 per year
- Average/Goal of 18 - 20 patients per day
- Guaranteed base salary for two years
- Quality and productivity bonuses available
- Competitive sign-on bonus
- Med/Den/Vis, STD, LTD, 401k with match
- Professional liability at no cost to clinician
- PTO accrual model with the ability to borrow future PTO
- CME Reimbursement & Time Off
- Stock Purchase Option/Executive Savings Plan
- Paid Parental Leave
- Adoption Assistance
- Bright Horizons Back-Up Care™: In-home back-up child and adult/elder care
- Bright Horizons College Coach™: Tuition Payment Planning & More
- Stride Well-being Programs to help with health and lifestyle goals
- Physician Partnership Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
